Sheikh Rasheed, Pakistan’s interior minister, said on Sunday that Pakistan will stick to its resolve not to offer air bases to the US, as the region’s politics shifts with the withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan. “Pakistan strives for peace in Afghanistan,” the interior minister said during a news conferenceRead More →

MOSCOW – The Afghan Taliban claimed control of 85 percent of Afghanistan’s land on Friday, as the organisation pressed its attack despite the US military departure.Taliban negotiator Shahabuddin Delawar stated at a news conference in Moscow that the organisation controls “85 percent of Afghanistan’s land,” including 250 of the country’sRead More →

US President Joe Biden defended America’s choice to leave Afghanistan on Thursday, dismissing the notion that the Taliban’s takeover was “inevitable.” However, the US president acknowledged that a unified Afghan government controlling the majority of the country was “very improbable.” His comments came as US and international soldiers began toRead More →